I thought home boy was old. but he runs the left and right flanks like he owns them. my surprise of the tournament for sho.

_________________Only two things in life are certain - death and taxes. But there is one other unpleasant certainty: criticism. No one escapes it entirely and often our careers, our emotional stability, even our happiness depends on how we react to it."By Benjamin Franklin"

_________________Form is temporary; Class is Permanent! Liverpool, European Champions 2005.

We watched this very boring video, 500 times, of Sacchi doing defensive drills, using sticks and without the ball, with Maldini, Baresi and Albertini. We used to think before then that if the other players are better, you have to lose. After that we learned anything is possible – you can beat better teams by using tactics." Jurgen Klopp

_________________Only two things in life are certain - death and taxes. But there is one other unpleasant certainty: criticism. No one escapes it entirely and often our careers, our emotional stability, even our happiness depends on how we react to it."By Benjamin Franklin"

The highlighted is contradictory. The 'no ball skills' part killed your argument, whatever it is.IMHO his runs in the flanks kept the right side of the opposing defense worried. Beasley is definitelyone of the better all-round players on the US team. I hope he gets his full credits when the historyof US soccer is documented.

_________________Though religion is a concept that simply can not be ignored. The fact that a deity couldstand idly by while one of his creations slaughters another simply in his name, is a mystery Idoubt theologists would dare touch.

He is one of the legends of the game now. For the US for sure. But even in the international.

4 WCs. No joke!

Cheers, Mate

Mate, from your viewpoint, has this USMNT in the World Cup really done a lot for US soccer, like some kind of epiphany, or do you think its all just a transient thing? I'm reading a lot about records being broken and the pride the team has evoked in the US people.

Its occurring to me that this might be the one team sport in which the US truly pits its might against the rest of the world on such a huge stage and on foreign soil.Basketball too, but its kind of seen as an American sport, they dominate it anyway and the arenas and TV figures worldwide are nothing compared to what you get in football.Just wondering...